For The Love Of Port

Moses Botbol wrote:

Janet Ainsworth wrote:Croft 2008 Quinta da Roeda x 5 for 19.99 apiece at Grocery Outlet.

Well done!

+1

1983 Tuke Holdsworth Vintage Port (375 ml)
NV Tuke Holdsworth Porto Wine Reserve

Both at Grocery Outlet in Bellevue (Crossroads Mall). In search of "average" Port.

2 x Sandeman 1950 VP @ 185
1 x Graham 40 Yr Tawny @ 105
1 x Graham 2003 VP @ 50

I found 375ml bottles of 1983 Tuke Holdsworth, bottled in 1985, at the Bonney Lake Grocery Outlet, for $15. I drank one and put one away. There is also a lot of Tuke Holdsworth Ruby, for a bit less.

- Averys 1963 VP (12x)
- Graham's 1966 VP (5x)

there goes the budget for this year

This week (on Thursday) I added my now most prized bottle to my cellar as the new flagship of my collection: 2011 Quinta do Noval Nacional. I don't want to say what I paid for it since it was a special deal through a friend (and a member here on ftlop) who owns a wine bistro and wine store. Let's just say it was substantially less than retail. I only got one bottle of it, would have been happy to pick up two, but the other one was for him.

I wasn't sure that I would be able to add one of these to my cellar. Even on release they are so expensive and obscure, am very happy to have one of these on my hands now. I have joked in the past that the box or wrapper a wine/whiskey came in was pretty and nice, but for this one there is no joke to be had. It's this gorgeous jet black box with the name carved into the top, and the lid seals shut with neodymium magnets. Also on the inside there was an invitation card to Quinta do Noval's QDN 1931 club. I had never heard of it, but registered for it to find some member exclusive offers. I emailed them about the 1994 nacional and 1964 colheita duo that I look forward to receiving an answer on.

Later tonight I think I will be picking up another colheita or two and two or three bottles of QDN's standard 2011 vintage port - and perhaps a couple bottles of rioja since my cellar has shifted unevenly recently to northern Italian wines, Bordeaux and pinot.

2 x Quinta de Sta Eufémia Special Reserve White @ 57.5 on WineBid (includes buyers premium)

Miguel Simoes wrote:2 x Quinta de Sta Eufémia Special Reserve White @ 57.5 on WineBid (includes buyers premium)

I also picked up one of these, same place and price.

In the past month:

1 x 2003 Niepoort Vp
2 x 1997 Niepoort VP
1 x 1995 Dow Q. d Bomfim
1 x 1977 Graham's VP
1 x 1995 SW Madelena VP
1 x 2011 Taylor F VP
1 x Fonseca Terra Fielta

2x Kopke Colheita 1984

2 x 2011 Dow VP to lay down for my son and 6 halves for myself to folow it's development...

2x 2011 Taylor VP 375ml, to fill out a box for shipping

1945 Taylor VP

1964 Poças Colheita

5x 2011 Graham's
1x 2011 Graham's Stone Terraces
3x 2011 Niepoort

all for my granddaughter, born in 2011

1908 Grahams VP

4 more bottles of Graham's Stone Terraces, this time for $160 each. Found a bargain in New Jersey!

I found some 2011s
3x 750ml Warres 2011 VP
3x 375ml Warres 20011 VP
2x 750ml Grahams 2011 VP
1x 375ml Fonseca 2011 VP
1x 375ml Croft 2011 VP

I've not seen any Taylors yet, and only 5 cases of Dow made it into Australia (I'll bet that you had to know the importer personally to get some)

2 bottles of 1820 Ferreira VP

Andy Velebil wrote:2 bottles of 1820 Ferreira VP

I saw those and thought about picking up one. Are they VP or Garrafeira?